Katherine Elizabeth McGrath is an Irish actress who portrays the character of Morgana Pendragon on the BBC, television series Merlin. Prior to Merlin, her highest-profile film/TV role had been a guest-star appearance in an episode of The Tudors and the horror film Freakdog (also released as Red Mist).
Definition of Americana for English Language Learners. : things produced in the U.S. and thought to be typical of the U.S. or its culture.
The term Americano means American, and comes from American Spanish, dating to the 1970s, or from Italian. The term caffÃ¨ Americano specifically is Italian for American coffee. There is a popular, but unconfirmed, belief that the name has its origins in World War II when American G.I.s in Italy would dilute espresso with hot water to approximate the coffee to which they were accustomed.